Asia Philanthropy Circle

3 days ago


Singapore ASIA PHILANTHROPY CIRCLE LTD. Full time

Developing insights that inform the network’s work and turning ideas into activities that strengthen collective impact in Asia _

**Asia Philanthropy Circle (APC) **is a community of philanthropists who are collaborating to chart a fair, prosperous, and sustainable future for Asia. Our members, across 13 markets, champion social innovation for public good, and pioneer collaborative approaches to address systemic challenges. Through our collective impact, APC aims to accelerate public good for a better Asia. We are a registered charity headquartered in Singapore.

Founded by Asian philanthropists, APC furthers the aspiration for collective impact through peer exchanges, collaborative initiatives and thought leadership that builds the social impact ecosystem.

**Key Responsibilities**:
1. Lead engagement with members and stakeholders
- **Engage with APC members **to understand their interests, and develop events and opportunities for engagement that spur learning and collaborative action
- **Relationship with members. **Develop strong, warm, and trusting relationships with members and prospects that provide a foundation for collaborations, bold social innovation and broad impact through philanthropy
- **Build strong relationships **between the APC network and ecosystem stakeholders (e.g. academia, civil society organizations, government, intermediaries etc.)
- **Support members **on specific requests

2. Guide research & development efforts geared toward action
- **Lead team in scoping and conducting research **on emerging issues in philanthropy, social impact, and public policy. This could involve examining innovative approaches (e.g., blended finance, movements), salient themes (e.g., education, climate change), and developing insights on new markets and member segments. Directs work that uses a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods, to deliver clear evidence-based recommendations for collaborative philanthropy and APC’s role on important social issues.
- **Develop ground-up projects informed by research**: Scope, conceptualize and implement projects that advance APC’s desired impact, mobilising critical members and partner support for the work.
- **Manage stakeholders toward action based on insights. **Manage multi-stakeholder teams toward common outcomes to unlock systems change. Work closely with Deputy CEO to build partnerships, navigate complex political landscape and accelerate action.
- **Support thematic portfolios **. Work closely with thematic portfolio leads to support the development of thematic strategies and specific projects under each theme.

3. Generate knowledge from APC activities and community to build the philanthropy ecosystem
- **Oversee and co-create content/thought pieces **working closely with team members, for publication in-house or in industry publications, news media, social media etc. Develop:

- **Resources for philanthropists **, leveraging insights from research and member activities (e.g., A Philanthropist’s Guide).
- **Thought leadership **that raises awareness of philanthropy’s contributions to society (e.g. Future of Asian Philanthropy).
- **Develop philanthropy’s presence. **Work with the team to secure opportunities for APC and members to present as thought leaders on philanthropy, social impact, and salient issues. Identify opportunities to engage key target audiences with knowledge products.
- **Develop philanthropy support initiatives **(e.g. Asia Community Foundation)
- **Oversee impact measurement and learning**: Oversee collection and analysis of data on outcomes of APC’s programming. Incorporate knowledge and practices throughout APC’s activities where appropriate to institutionalise learnings

4. Team Leadership and Building a Positive Team Culture
- **Alignment**:Align research and initiatives with organisational vision, mission and strategy
- **Provide leadership and rally the team. **Provide team members with a strong day-to-day leadership presence, bridging programming and operations and supporting a collaborative, productive team culture.
- **Directs work. **Thoughtfully leads self, and where appropriate, provides direction, delegates responsibility and removes obstacles to get work done
- **Develop talent. **Proactively manage their own professional development together with the direct supervisor, and formally supervise and/or informally mentor others. Review staff performance, ensure an adequate level of staff engagement and development, including a sense of alignment with the organisation’s goals and culture
- **Nurture innovation. **Builds a culture of openness to feedback, learning and innovation that reflects APC’s values in addition to encouraging good performance and delivery. Seek out opportunities to identify and implement initiatives to increase the team’s effectiveness
- **Represent APC **and serve as a key liaison including to the social sector (e.g., NGOs, social enterprises, public and private funders), governmen



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